Chapter 26: Can't Bear to Abandon Her
Ji Younai, Gong Siyu, and Liu Yun followed the navigation system on Gong Siyu's cellphone and finally got out of the dark woods.
It was 4:30 am, and the slightly disheveled trio in lab coats stood side by side on the road where the streetlights were switched on. They were looking left and right in confusion.
There were no cars, no other people, nothing.
After squatting on the side of the road for about half an hour, they could smell a fishy stench from a distance. They then noticed a garbage truck driving towards them slowly, and the first one to rush to the middle of the road was Ji Younai.
She stopped the truck with her own body!
She was courageous and brave!
The truck pulled over.
The middle-aged driver agreed to give them a ride, but only to a garbage station that was 10 kilometers away. They also had no choice but to sit in a pile of rubbish.
As soon as he heard that he was going to sit in a smelly garbage dump, Gong Siyu declined vehemently in his head.
Having been born with a golden spoon in his mouth and living a life of luxury since he was a child, he had never been through such torment before.
However, he still ended up in the pungent pile of trash together with Ji Younai and Liu Yun.
Once they reached the garbage processing station...
The driver simply dumped the three of them into the giant waste treatment plant along with the garbage in the truck.
Finally remembering that there were three people at the back of the truck, the silly driver even got out of the truck and apologized to them repeatedly.
The trio, who were already in a mess, were now covered in horrendously pungent rotten vegetables, rotten eggs, and there was fishy, unknown liquid all over their faces. They really looked like stray dogs that everyone despised. Even beggars were cleaner than them!
Gong Siyu, who could no longer stand it, began to show some of his displeasure as there was a dark and gloomy glow in his eyes.
He unlocked his cellphone, opened the WeChat app [1. WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent], and sent Bai Feiran the coordinates of their location.]
He then taped on the text input box:
[Gong Siyu]: You've got half an hour, come and pick me up!
About five minutes later...
[Bai Feiran]: Garbage dump? Young Master, why are you there? Shouldn't you be in the asylum?
[Gong Siyu]: I escaped! Why do you have so much nonsense to say? Hurry up!
[Bai Feiran]: Yes, Young Master.
Just as he was about to exit WeChat, Gong Siyu suddenly remembered something. He tapped on it again and sent another message.
[Gong Siyu]: When you see me later, remember to pretend to be shocked then pretend that you're going to send me back to the asylum. You hear me?
[Bai Feiran]: ?? Why?
[Gong Siyu]: I lied to Ji Younai by telling her that I have bipolar disorder and that my family sent me to the asylum.
[Bai Feiran]: ...
Since he was the one who made up that lie, he had to go through with it by hook or by crook.
Soon, four Cadillac bulletproof SUVs that were escorting a Rolls Royce limousine arrived at the waste treatment plant in a majestic manner.
Bai Feiran alighted from the car with numerous bodyguards in suits. They saw three eye-catching figures that were dressed in white and had different postures, lying at the side of the waste treatment plant where garbage had piled up.
Gong Siyu clutched his chest and started retching.
It was because Liu Yun had found a few dead salted fish from somewhere and placed it in front of his nostrils.
Ji Younai found a deformed, rusty bicycle in a pile of scrap metal and was thinking about how she could fix it so that it could be ridden again...
Bai Feiran took a long, all-black trench coat from a bodyguard and walked towards Gong Siyu, after which he draped it over him.
Surprised to see Bai Feiran, Ji Younai temporarily put away the broken bicycle that she was holding.
Looking at Gong Siyu with suspicion, she asked, "Gong Siyu, what's Mr. Bai doing here? Since he's here... Will your parents find out that you have escaped from the asylum?"
Draping the black trench coat on Ji Younai's body, Gong Siyu remained silent and raised his eyebrows while glancing at Bai Feiran, signaling him to hurry up and put on the act.
Clearing his throat expressionlessly, Bai Feiran said aloofly, "Ms. Ji, please rest assured that I am Young Master's trusted advisor. I will keep my lips sealed so that his family will not find out that he has escaped the asylum."
Gong Siyu was secretly relieved.
He then told Ji Younai to get inside the car.
"Let's go, let's get you out of here."
"Where to?"
"My home." After a pause, he explained, "Where else can you go now that you have no money, no ID, and no lodging?"
'Yeah, I have nothing now, where can I go?'
She should feel lucky that Gong Siyu was willing to take her in.
However..,
She turned around and looked back at the pale young man who was standing still in a daze, not far away from her.
Ji Younai exchanged glances with Gong Siyu's deep, narrow eyes and asked somewhat timidly, "What about Liu Yun?"
Gong Siyu raised his sparse eyebrows and snorted softly. He then looked down at Ji Younai proudly and coldly.
"I'm not a philanthropist."
Her heart sank and she asked, "Do we… leave him here?"
"Yes."
Gong Siyu answered with taut lips, a low voice, and icy cold eyes.
In a moment, he looked at the silent Ji Younai whose eyes and lashes were droopy. He felt a little upset and bitter.
'Ji Younai, you will leave with me obediently and ignore Liu Yun, right? You won't disappoint me, will you?'
A moment later...
Staring at Ji Younai coldly as she suddenly removed the trench coat that he had draped over her body, folded it neatly, and placed it back onto his hands. She then took a step back gently.
Gong Siyu was rather vexed.
The infinite disappointment made his heart gradually turn cold.
The coldness in his narrow eyes turned gloomy.
"Gong Siyu, thank you for taking care of and protecting me in every possible way during this period of time!" Bowing deeply towards Gong Siyu, she continued, "I can't go overboard and ask you to take Liu Yun with us, because I'm in no position to do so, nor am I that capricious. I can't take a mile when you've given me an inch. So, just leave. I'll stay behind."
Tears welled up in her almond-shaped eyes, and Ji Younai no longer had the courage to look at Gong Siyu by the time she finished her sentence.
His eyes were frighteningly cold, as though they were covered in frost.
He felt miserable and upset just looking at her.
Gong Siyu threw away the trench coat in his hands like it was a waste product.
There were no subtle emotions in his evil, charming, and cold, narrow eyes. They were unfathomable, resembling a pitch dark abyss.
He simply said to Ji Younai austerely, "Suit yourself. Don't regret it."
He then got inside the car without even turning back.
He left without hesitation or lingering.
Looking at the convoy of luxury cars leaving in a grand manner, Ji Younai took a deep breath, feeling a little reluctant to see him go and a little guilty.
Behind her, Liu Yun suddenly asked in puzzlement, "Why didn't you leave with him?"
She turned around and exchanged glances with the handsome boy who was as pale as a sheet.
Smiling bitterly, she explained, "I can't leave you behind. I can't bring myself to do such an unkind and unjust thing..."
Liu Yun stretched his arms expressionlessly and said, "I'm homeless, and I have nowhere to go. You'll be miserable if you leave with me."
Shrugging her shoulders nonchalantly, Ji Younai flipped her ink-black hair that was flowing like a waterfall and raised her exquisitely beautiful face. Looking up at the sky, she sighed.
"It's alright, I'm homeless too."
"I have no money either."
"Neither do I!"
"I don't have parents..."
"I don't either!"
'We're in the same boat. Should we be vagrant beggars together and get to know each other?'
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The ambiance in the Rolls Royce limousine was somber.
Outside the car window, lights and shadows passed by quickly in a flash.
Gong Siyu looked cold and hostile. He was seated in the back seat with clenched fists, the veins on the back of his hands bulging slightly.
He was suppressing his anger at the bottom of his heart.
She clearly said that she would not leave him for a random man!
'Yet, she would rather stay at the garbage dump with a patient who has a severe mental illness, than go home with me?'
'Ah! Ji Younai, you've got some nerve!'
Just as Gong Siyu was immersed in anger that he could barely suppress and was planning to leave Ji Younai to her own devices, a radio announcement suddenly sounded in the car.
"Early morning news report. Recently, there had been several cases of abduction and human trafficking all over Beijing. The victims are all young women. Female citizens, please..."
After taking a deep breath, Gong Siyu suddenly growled in a rumbling voice and pounded the leather seat with uncontrollable fury, seemingly venting his anger.
"Bai Feiran! Make a U-turn!"